Jay15206,
I saw your response just now, sorry for the delay. I have 2 pair of B&W Matrix 805. One bought many, many years ago for $750, and the second pair more recently, alas, I can not find my auction for the most recent. I do buy with Esnipe, and I am patient. I also have a pair of HTM, the horizontal version of the Matrix 805. I bought them one at a time as they are often sold that way. I bought the first to scavenge for parts for my 805 that I thought was damaged, in fact, once I got it down off the high shelf, it was a loose cable! So, I bought a second for a bedroom small system. The most recent HTM I did find on my Ebay auction list, it was purchased for $250.
Looking at Ebay, at completed, or sold auctions, I do find the following:
Matrix 805 pairs: 3/18 $525, 2/26 $499, 2/18 $550, 1/29 $601, 1/25 $540, 1/15 $575 etc...
Matrix HTM single: 3/24 $349, 2/27 $210, 2/19 $260, 2/10 199.
In fact, I follow the prices closely as the old Matrix series has great value. I have also a pair of 804s, 3 of the 802's I've used for LCR for years in HT set up.
I would break even selling my pair of HTM for $500 plus shipping I think, but I love them!
(Fed by an Oppo 105 direct into a Bryston 3B ST, or, occasionally into a Bryston XLR 10B with bass going to a PCS-8 from B&W, all driven by a Bryston 5B ST.)
xyobgyn:
"B&W Matrix 805 used
Used is about $500, and will retain that value for some time. Remarkably hard to beat for $500"
The only ones I've seen for sale recently ran $795 unless they
were seriously damaged. There's a pair without tweeters for $395 on
eBay, $749 for a pair in which two front clips on tweeter housings were
broken and glued back on.
There was a pair on Audiogon for $795
IIRC a week or two back. I guess they sold for that amount, as I no
longer see them when I search. There's even a guy who's had a pair for
$995 on US Audio Mart since September.
If you have a pair you'd like to sell for $500, xyobgyn, please let me know.
